游锡堃
Yóu Xī​kūn

Yu Shyi-kun

游 yóu to swim

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 斿 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

斿
斿 Sound component
yóu, liú to move freely

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyuw[N-]ru float, swim
yuw[N-]ru float, swim

說文解字

《說文》：“游，旌旗之流也。从，汓聲。，古文游。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

锡 xī tin Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 易 represents the sound. Simplified form of 錫.

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

易
易 Sound component
yì easy

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

堃 kūn compliance

Components

方
方 Unknown component
fāng, fang square
方
方 Unknown component
fāng, fang square
土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth

earth

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

錫 xī tin Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 易 represents the sound.

Components

釒
釒 Meaning component
jīn metal

釒 is a component form of 金.

易
易 Sound component
yì easy

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartseks-lˤekgive
seks.lˤektin
Zhengzhangsleːɡ
Unicodesek

說文解字

銀鉛之閒也。从金易聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)